We hope you'll never need to know this—but in case symptoms of a hernia ever creep up, a Cleveland Clinic surgeon reveals ...

Approximately 90% of all inguinal hernia occur in males. Femoral hernias (although rare) occur almost exclusively in women because of the differences in the pelvic anatomy. The female-to-male ...

About 5% of primary inguinal hernia repairs are undertaken as emergencies. Abdominal hernias usually do not recur in children. They do reappear, however, in about 10 percent of adults. Surgery is ...